Leaves' Eyes are happy to announce the dates of the upcoming shows in April and May 2011, headlining the tour with special guest Midnattsol, as well as being direct support for Tarja.

Singer Liv Kristine comments: "Both tours are just perfect for the release of our fourth full-length album Meredead. Firstly, I will finally share stage with my sister, Carmen Elise Espenaes (Midnattsol), which is like a dream coming true. Secondly, it's a great honor for us to go on tour with our friends and support Tarja Turunen and her outstanding band! We are really looking forward to this. It will truly be a special experience for our fans and us!"

At Nachtleben in Frankfurt the official release party of the new album Meredead will take place with some specials for the fans.

Leaves' Eyes with special guest Midnattsol:

April 22 - Sneek, Netherlands - Bolwerk
April 23 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
April 24 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Baroeg
April 25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
April 28 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
April 29 - Bologna, Italy - Sottotetto Sound Club
April 30 - Romagnano Sesia, Italy - Rock N Roll Arena

Tarja with special guest Leaves' Eyes:

May 03 - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
May 04 - Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk
May 06 - München, Germany - Backstage
May 07 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Festhalle Durlach
May 10 - Bonn, Germany - Brückenforum
May 11 - Osnabrück, Germany - Rosenhof
May 13 - Hamburg, Germany - Große Freiheit
May 14 - Bomal-sur-Ourthe, Belgium - Durbuy Rock Festival (no Tarja)
May 16 - Leipzig, Germany - Haus Auensee
May 17 - Neu Isenburg, Germany - Hugenottenhalle
May 19 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
May 20 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol

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Event:	Leaves' Eyes + Midnattsol

Year DXXVI A.C., day thirty one of the fifth month; a colossal calamity slaughtered 250.000 mortals before the sun felt down that day - the Devil had no compassion for mercy.

On the same day, 1485 years after, Moribund Records will unleash the Devil's anger again! The newest Bleeding Fist's hymn of the insane, entitled Devil's Ferox, will be released worldwide on May 31, 2011.

Devil's Ferox was recorded in Studio Panorama, in only 6 hours, entirely in live mode. The mini-album will include a tribute to the masters of occult metal Death SS in the form of a cover of "Black and Violet" along with live recordings. The fourth opus from Devil's Ferox, called "Pillars of Black Enlightenment", was recorded on the Sabbath of September 31, 2010 under Illuminati's Human Sacrifice Night.

Devil's Ferox tracklist:

01. Monuments Desecration
02. Devil's Ferox
03. Force the Dead to Confess
04. Pillars of Black Enlightenment
05. Black and Violet (Death SS cover)

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"Survive", a brand-new track from UK melodic power metal band Power Quest has been made available for streaming over at MySpace.

"Survive" comes off the band's upcoming new album Blood Alliance, which will be released at the end of March in Europe and April 5th in North America through Napalm Records. More album details were previously reported over here.

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German folk-influenced melodic death metal band Suidakra has inked a deal with AFM Records.

A statement from the label reads: "We are happy to announce that one of the most innovative German metal bands has signed with AFM Records: Suidakra are now part of the family! With their unique mixture of folk, heavy & death metal the band amazes fans and critics alike since many years. A new studio album, Book Of Dowth, will be released in late March, right in time for Suidakra's tour with Onslaught and Debauchery."

More Book Of Dowth were previously reported here, while the tour dates are available over here.

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70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise - the world's biggest floating heavy metal festival - has sailed off yesterday. Not on board is Agent Steel vocalist John Cyriis, who had to cancel the trip due to unfortunate events.

The band contemplated canceling, but good friends James Rivera from Helstar, and Rick Mythiasin (Steel Prophet) will lend their extraordinary vocal talents and appear with the rest of the band members as a special "Masters Of Metal" set that will include a variety of the Agent Steel catalog.

A comment from the band goes as follows: "This is a great event for the fans to celebrate in the spirit of Heavy Metal on the open seas, we are grateful for James Rivera and Rick Mythiasin to step in on such short notice. Mr Cyriis has given his blessings for Agent Steel to get on stage, and look out to the ocean, and kick some ass!"

The band is still scheduled to perform the rest of this year's European festivals with original vocalist John Cyriis.

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Event:	70000 Tons Of Metal 2011

Everyone's favorite avantgarde metallers Diablo Swing Orchestra have announced that Daniel Hedin (trombone) and Martin Isaksson (trumpet) have joined the D:S:O ranks as full-time members. They both played on Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious, and have been playing live with the band for quite some time now.

Comments Diablo Swing Orchestra: "Both bring their excellent musical skills and rather pleasant personalities to the band so lets all give them a warm welcome!"

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Band profile:	Diablo Swing Orchestra

To the joy of all, Napalm Records has set the release date for Jordpuls, the new record from Vintersorg for March 25th.

According to the accompanying press release, Jordpuls (trans: Earth's Pulse) adds yet another masterpiece to Vintersorg's already impressive discography. The unrelenting visionary allows this particular album to glimpse back at the past. The result is an imposing symbiosis of traditional and modern elements taken from the Swede's characteristic sound cosmos. Folk metal anthems meet icy black metal passages and Nordic melodies. The mix delivers multifaceted and memorable songs that carry the mastermind's unique signature.

The album is completely sung in Swedish and its lyrics borrow from Vintersorg's past themes: Revolving around man and nature, unique phenomena in the wild, and philosophical observations. Vintersorg's unmistakable and powerful vocals-from clean to extreme-reign over each track with resounding force, while his production prowess gives the songs a crystal-clear and potent sound. Jordpuls impressively combines tradition with modernism, while showcasing the best of the Swedish visionary.

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The Big Four of Thrash are ready to hit the US. Today is the big day, the day we've all been waiting for here in North America... the day when the mighty 17 horsemen that comprise Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer announce where they will plunder and pillage as they rip a swath of destruction across the land.

So, are you ready boys and girls? Here we go...

(Drumroll please!)

Saturday, April 23, The Polo Club - Indio, California.

I'll rewind in case the dates flashed by so fast you missed whether or not they were ready to come to your town on this epic tour:

Saturday, April 23, The Polo Club - Indio, California.

Ok, so you are probably so excited at this point that you need more time to go over the list to cross-reference cities nearest to you against which arenas have the best sound quality and seats...

Saturday, April 23, The Polo Club - Indio, California.

Yes, that's right. The tour a lot of you have been praying for - nay - DEMANDING is actually a pit stop. In homage to the "Big Four", I shall list the stops that this juggernaut of thrash will be making together:

Saturday, April 23, The Polo Club - Indio, California.

One stop. One. At the same venue as Coachella... only a week later. Tickets are reported to be $99. Weeee.

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Event:	The Big Four Festival

The Big Four in Thrash - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - are finally taking their Big Four stadium tour to the United States!

In case the flyer below is not clear enough for you, there will be an official announcement made tomorrow, Tuesday January 25th at 8am PST with all details and tour dates. Stay tuned!


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Original news, posted on 21.12.2010

As promised, Samael have revealed the title of their upcoming new full-length. Samael have chosen Lux Mundi (which translate in English as "Light of the World") as title for their upcoming album due to be released in spring 2011.

The album, which took almost three years to be completed, was recorded this summer after the band spend a few days in Germany on pre-production with Waldemar Sorychta. The recording took place on two different locations in Switzerland and the mix has been done by extreme metal specialist Russ Russell in Kettering (England)

Lux Mundi will consist of 10 to 12 new songs including first single "Antigod" and live monster "Soul Invictus".

UPDATE Kriegsphilosoph]

Swiss metallers Samael have just revealed the cover artwork of their forthcoming album, entitled Lux Mundi.

Vorphalack (vocals, guitar) commented: "For the cover artwork of Lux Mundi I envisioned a series of rays starting or ending at the centre of the cover. I wasn't even thinking about any kind of motives, just black on black using a matte and shining black to make the rays apparent. I spoke about that with Patrick (Pidoux) who did the artwork of Solar Soul and Above and he came out with that idea upon which we immediately all agree."

Patrick Pidoux commented: "I draw a very graphic version of an eye which represents sight, the first human sense able to capture light."

Lux Mundi will contains 12 original new tracks including "Antigod", "Soul Invinctus", "Pagan Trance", "The Truth Is Marching On", "Of War", "The Shadow Of The Sword"... The album will be released in April 2011.

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"River Of Rapture", the new video from US metallers Death Angel, can be viewed at this location. The footage was shot and edited by director Tommy Jones during the band's summer 2010 tour with Soilwork.

"River Of Rapture" comes off the band's latest album, Relentless Retribution, which was released on September 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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"Murder Groupie", the new video from Swedish hard-rockers Freak Kitchen, can be viewed at this location. The video contains footage of the band's performance at last year's Hellfest.

"Murder Groupie" comes off the band's latest album, entitled Land Of The Freaks, which was released on October 2009.


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Official press release

Illnath has parted ways with Narrenschiff, we thank him for everything and we wish him all the best in the future. Therefore, we proudly present our new front figure, the elegantly brutal Mona Beck, often referred to as a danish version of Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow.


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French metallers Whyzdom, who recently announced the addition of singer Clémentine Delauney to the group's ranks Link], have set Blind? as the title of their upcoming second album.

The band commented: "It is dedicated to people who follow misleading paths, misguided by the ones who love or hate or try to control them, or even sometimes by their own pride. We are pretty convinced that each and everyone of us can recognize him or herself in this situation one day or the other. Following this idea, we called this album: Blind?. We are even happier to announce that the recording sessions will start on 21st Feb. 2011. The whole week (and more if needed) will be dedicated to drums. Other sessions will follow until spring. Mix and mastering should be done during summer. We expect to release Blind?, late 2011."

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US metallers Scale The Summit will release their forthcoming album, The Collective, on March 1 via Prosthetic Records.

The follow-up to 2009's Carving Desert Canyons was recorded at Paint It Black Studios in Orlando, Florida with producer Mark Lewis (Devildriver, All That Remains, The Black Dahlia Murder). The Collective is available now for pre-order at this location.


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